Vincennes Gazette, Volume 6, Number 37, Vincennes, Knox County, 11 February 1837 — Page 1

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"TRUTH WITHOUT FEAIt.' VOLU31E VI. VIXCENiXES, SATURDAY MORNING, FEHRUARY 11, 1837. NU3IBER 37

FROM Til V. KMl Kl i:nH KV n. Saturday Evening In tho Country. I. Soft twilight. wilh a emtio pmcr, Knlls liciitlv oVr tho earth Hr.vips with lirr iW cv!i Mu-b"mg (lower That soiuis iis frsjratire forth: Hlow moving ilow a tho sloping hills Ii wiiulinir lines is oaucht from (locks an.l lioreis the Ml that tills The jH-nsivc man vith thought. II. Atniil till- v lomti ilcncc, hark! A yoiulor waters o. Ami leai the elill" mil shadows dark, lowi to their pool of snow Hark to tho anthem, as it fiulla Along the silent air! The music which in rapture tells Of Htm who gu.ujs them t!ier. III. Far through tho lim. uncertain liht Tho ciant mountains stand, Tht ir summits rm-ltuitr in the nicht YVhUh links the sky and land; These are tho thrones which Nature built. And baptize J in tho flood; Tho thrones unspotted fiee from C'li't And all aloof from Mood. IV. Amid the mist that floats on high. In circles gliding round. The speckled ninht-hawk. holds the sky, And wheels at his own sound; While, with a sweet and solemn tone, The modest whippoorwill finis to the listening earth alone, Tro;n Tender wooded hill. Cool is this twilight: tho pure nir That wanders lightly by. Is nil perfume it seems to lear Tho sweets of earth and sky; Th wild row and the clover Mown Their fragrance here have wed. With zephyrs from the pine-crovei ijloom Upon j on mountain spread. VI. Purely, this was rrver made For heart of hollow mirth There's somethinir in the eenin shade: That is n..t of tho earth; A Tnieo of eloquence a hvwn Of swi-et and soft control. Which, like the harps of seraphim, Lifts up the glowing soul! ILLINOIS. I Having heretofore adverted to the contemplated Internal Improvement system nbotit to be adopted in Illinois, wc now with pleasure, give place to the following well-written article to applaud its enact ments as far as they extend; and at the !ame time to join our regrets that tho allimportant road hence to St. Louis has been dealt by so niggardly. The people of Illinois must in due time discover this defect, and will no doubt have it remedied. We have additional pleasure in givin place to this article on account of its just estimate of our Wabash and Erie canal as originally provided for, and the meritorious services of our fellow-citizen Mr. E vying, its well known projector and most ef ficient advocate. From the I'andalia Free Press. Tho Internal Improvement Cill. It is now the proper time, perhaps, to take a short rev iew of the most prominent features of this bill. It provides for the biennial election (by the joint vote of both branches of the General Assembly, of a board of Fund Commissioners, and also a board of Commissioners of Public Works. The former board is vested with a superintendnnev over the financial concerns of the State, as connected with the improvements contemplated; and the latter is authorized and required to locate, superintend, direct and construct on behalf of the State, all works of Internal Improvement which shall be authorized to be undertaken. The members of each board are required to execute bonds to the Governor, with good security, for the honest and diligent dischargeof their respective duties. A loan of nine millions of dollars is authorized upon the faith of the State, to be expended in the entry of the United Slates lands nlon the lines of the improvement, and in the construction and improvement of the works below enumerated. 1st. For the improvement of that part of the Great Wabash river, over which the States of Indiana and Illinois have concurrent jurisdiction, $100,000 to be ex pended in conjunction with Indiana, for like obCcts, ana equal amounts. 2nd. For the improvement of the Illinois river west of the 3d principal mcredian. 9100,000. 3d. For Rock river, ?1 00,000; com mencing the improvements at the river and proceeding: up. 4th. For Kaskaskia river, S50.000, to construct a slack water navigation. 5th. For Little Wabash river. $."S0,nflt) v.h For the great Western M ul Route,

leading from Vineennos to St. Louis, $100,000, out of the first monevs expend

ed; 830,000 of which are to be expended on Purgatory Swamp; SI 5,000 in St. Clair county, and the rest where needed. Toll may be collected at the places so improved. 7th. For a Rail Road from some point at or near the continence of the Ohio and .Mississippi rivers, via Decatur and Bloomington, to some point at or near the southern termination of tho Illinois and Michigan Canal. and from thence to Galena, the sum of $3,500,000. Sth. For a southern cross Rail Road Irom Alton, via Edwardsville, Oarhlo, Fairfield, and Albion, to Mt. Carmel; and also a Rail Road from Alton to diverge from the former at Edwardsville, thence via Lebanon, in St. Clair, Nashville, in Washington, Frankfort, in Franklin, and Equality, in Galatin county, to Shawneetown, SI ,000,000. 0th. For a Northern Cross Rail Road from ljuincy, on the Mississippi river, via Jacksonville, in Morgan county .Spring field, in Sangamon county. Decatur, in Macon county, and Danville, in Vermilion eountv, thence to the Indiana State line, $1,850,000. i 10th. For a Rsil Road from Warsaw, via Canton, to peoria. And 1 1th. For a Rail Road from Paris, in Edgar county, in the direction of Terre Haute, via, Charleston, and shelbyville, to the Central Rail Road, in the direction of Ilillsboro', 1,100,000. The above are the works, the construction and improvement of which, are provided for in the bill which passed the House of Representatives on Tuesday evening last, by a vote of 01 to 25. The lobby of the House was crowded with spectators: and when the vote was counted, the intense excitement of the moment gave vent to a gust of applause, which the firmness of the Speaker found it difficult to restrain. It is presumed the bill will pass the Senate without essential alteration. It is to be regretted, however, that an Appropriation sufficient to turn pike the Great estern Mail Route lrom Vincennes to St. Louis, was not embraced in the bill. Almost the whole state would have been benefitted by it. It would have made one continuous and much needed line of turnpike from lKuisvilte to St. Louis, Indiana having undertaken the construction of a M'Adaiuized Road from Louisville io Vincennes. We deem the Rail Road from Qmncv, via Danville, to the Indiana State line, as a work of immense public utility. It will connect with the Wabash and Eric Canal of Indiana: a work no less creditable to tho flourishing young State which executes it, than to the giant mind of the Hon. John Ewing, who at an early period of her legislation, conceived and success fully advocated it. It passes over a peri od ot the Mate wnere sucli laciiities are greatly needed, and which from its locali tv, needs but little grading. In connec tion with the Illinois and Michigan Canal, it gives the State a double outlet for her exportable commodities, and a' triple in let to the commerce of the south and cast. As to the funds, it is said hy some of our best financiers that there wid be no difficulty on that score. That the interest on any loans which may be made, will cause no perceptible taxation on the people, and that the principal will be ex tmguisncu by tne large revenues arising from a completion of the system. We believe the truth of this may be demon stratcil. 1 he system is too extended to meet our cordial approbation, but as a whole, we think it would be extremely dif ficult to substitute a better. From the Cincinnati Gazette. THE NEXT PRESIDENCY. V e publish, this morning, the proceedings of a public meeting, held last Saturday, January 2S, in Co ington, Kentucky. They speak for themselves. rUBLIC MEETING. A meeting of the friends of Harrison and Reform was held in Covingfon, at the Methodist church, on Saturday evening, January 23. It was organized by calling 1). A. Reynolds to the Chair and appointing G. P. Cleveland Secretary. The following resolutions were submitted by F. F. C. Triplett, Esq., and after some eloquent remarks from Gen. Murphy, of Ohio, they were unanimously adopted. Mr. Benhani ami Mnj. Phelps also addressed the meeting, and both concurred in condoning the Expunging resolution. It is proper to remark that many of the friends of Van Durcn were present, who, without exception, so far as we are informed, condemned that measure, but who withdrew from the meeting in consequence of the tenor of the last resolutions. Jlrsovrd, That in the opinion of this meeting the Senate have as much right to expunge the acts of a whole session as to expunge one act, and of all sessions as of one; and that under the powers claimed by the disorganizes, whose agent is Benton and whose organ is Pdair, the sacred Declaration of Independence itself would not be safe from the Vandal hands of usurpation. Hesolved, That we consequently view with feelings of indignation and alarm of indignation at the man-worship, and of alarm at the total disregard of all constitutional checks thereby indicated the re

cent passage of the Expunging Resolution. Hesolved, That, whilst we hold ourselves ready and bound to examine every act of the ensuing administration, wc do yet believe it to be our duty to oppose the man who has crept into olfice by servile truckling and base adulation, and through him to w arn the designing and ambitious of the fate allotted by the people to those who unworthily obtain power. Hesolved, That the ribaldry, the slanders, and the persecution heaped upon William Henry Harrison, as well as his tried patriotism and capacity, endears him to us, and that with such a leader, in such a

cause, we cannot iloubt success. Uur motto is Harrison and Hiform; under this llag we light,and will notecase to light until its glory-tinted stripes shall wave in triumph from the citadel of the Constitution, and the sentinel's; cry shall be "All's Well.'" Hesolved, That the proceedings be signed by the Chairman and Secretary, and published in the Cincinnati Gazelle and Whig. A. REYNOLDS, Chairman. G. P. CLEVELAND, Sec'y. The subject of these resolutions is one of vital concern. Although I would not word mv opposition to the re-election of Mr. Van l'urcn, in exactly the terms employed by the meeting, I proceed upon a principle identical with them. Mr. Van lluren's election has been effected by means subversive of our institution?. He is the nominated successor of the present in cumbent, and the means that secured his nomination, and the inlluencc that gave it success, were subserviency to, and pandering for, the the accidental prejudices and preconceived opinions of Andrew Jackson. This mode of selecting a President must be broken up. All persons, those excepted who have had the temporary inlluence in their hands, have denounced it. None more distinctly than President Jackson himself. We say, therefore, without regard to the demerits, or merits, of Mr. Van lluren's administration, his, re-election must be opposed; and the election of any man whom lie may favor as his successor. The contest must proceed upon principles. Practically, the candidate of the office-holders must be opposed. The public must be made to understand, that ollieial patronage is not the patron to be appealed to for publie olfice; that patron must be the people. Again Those who concur, in the views here suggested, should immediately rally and hoist their standard, by nominating their candidate. It will not do to wait for times and circumstances. Heretofore, these waitings have only served to generate rivalry, and nurture dissatisfactions. The election, in November last, points to the man who can best concentrate public suffrage, in opposition to the election of Mr.- an Uuren, or to the election of his nominated successor, should he make one. Let every man, who would rally to break up the nomination of his immediate successor, by the President in olfice, come to this conclusion the principle must be sustained in practice, and General Harrison is the "available"' candidate. This conclusion, thus acted upon, and carried out by appropriate efforts, cannot fail of being consummated by the voice of the people I have not ventured to put forth those views upon my own responsibility nor upon the responsibility of the public meeting whose proceedings wc publish They are the result of my own reflections certainly but these have been guided by the signs of the times. From the Indiana Journal, of January 18, 1837,we append one of these indications: "From indications, afforded by the proceedings of Congress and the course that has been adopted by the leading Whig Journals in ever)" part of the Lnion, it is certain that a strong, and, we trust, successlul cllortwill be made to prevent the re election of Mr. Van Buren. It is also rendered equally certain that Gen. Harrison will be the only opposing candidate. In thus seeking, "in advance of the first act of the Presidentelect," to prevent the re-elec tion of Mr. an Huron, ttdocs notnecessartly follow that the Whigs arc determined to oppose his administration right or wrong. On ihc contrary they may support every measure of the coining administration, and yet have the right to use all honorable means to secure the success of another to succeed it. A large portion, perhaps a majority, of the citizens of the United States are in favor of a President serving but one term. No one surely will deny the right to those holding this opinion to designate their candidate when and as soon as they please. Doubless there are many who have supported Mr. Van Buren, and who will give his administration a hearty support, who will, in 1810, vote against him on this very ground. It has been asserted by the Van Curcn party that this early presentation of a candidate for the Presidency is "repugnant to both custom and principle." As to its being repugnant to custom no one we presume cares; yet if the Whigs, in this early taking ground against the new administration, had looked for precedent, they could readily have found one. It will be remembered that in 1821, when it was ascertained Mr. Adams was elected President, it was proclaimed from one cx-

ther that

this administration "must be put down though it should be as pure as the angles in Heaven!' We do not know to what, nrineinlo' it ; rfni1(rnnnt nnlpss it I.p the orineiolc of 'executive dictation' it is errtninl- Tint iiienncictniit xvitli thnt nrinri-. pie ot republicanism wmeii guarantees 10 every one the right of following the dictates of his own conscience. We have declared our opposition to Mr. an Buren s re-election, and not to( his Administration. We hope and trust, j for the prosperity of our common conn-; try, that it may prove a good and just one, and a much better and more liberal one for the west than the present has been. Correspondence of the Courier and Enq. Nkw Orleans, 10th January, 1837. MEXICO. The Cumanche. from Melamoras. nrougni a,ut.iu on merchants account, 1 lie Metamoras papers to the .win ult. are destitute of interest. The news of Santa Anna's escape from confinement had been received there; and were we to tuoge Irom an article in the Jcrcurio of the 28th, the Mexicans do not feel very thankful to the Texians for their generosity, as they pretend that their ebicct in releasing Santa Anna was to promote fresh dissensions in that republic. The troops of the expedition had been reinforced with a column of 1100 men, anted from St. Louis; and still tho whole at Metamoras did not amount to 3,000 men all of them in the wretched condition stated in my preceding letters, and living on half rations, for want of provisions. The northern Indians having carried off in their late incursion, all the caballada, or wild horses, and mules they found. The Mexicans are deprived of the means of trasportation necesssary to bring from the interior supplies for the troops, Uravo has definitively resigned the command of the army, and was still at Saint Louis. Desertion among die troops was very frequent; and a revolutionary movement connected wilh that contemplated at Tampico was expected to take place. All the rumors about the assembling of numerous forces at Metamoras I again repeat, are destitue o truth. TEXAS. We have had several arrivals from Texas; the last was, the schooner Colonel Fanning, from Velasco, bringing the Texian Telegraph to the 20th ultimo. Col. S. F. Austin, the father of the colony, died at Columbia on the 20th. Congress closed its session on the 22d, to resume its labors in May, at the newtown of Houston. The army remained encamped at labaca, well clothed and provided for. General Houston left Columbia on the 25th, to inspect the encampment, and to take some precautionary defensive measures. TEXAS. Among the many laws published in the Telegraph of Texas, as passed by both Houses of Congress, and sanctioned by the Executive as the following, viz .In act to protect the frontier, by which the President of the republic is authorized to raise with as little delay as possible, a battallion of mounted rillemen, to consist of 280 men, to be alfieered in like manner as the balance of the Army. The term of service of said corps is to be for twelve months, or upwards, and each man is bound to furnish himself with a suitable, serviceable horse, a good rille, and one brace of pistols, if they" can be procured. The pay, emoluments, and bounty of said corps shall be the same as that provided for other corps of the army, with this addition,- that the sum of filly dollars per month is allowed for furnish ing the horses and anus. The President is authorized to order out such portion of the militia as he may think necessary, as likewise to cause to be erected such block houses, forts, and trading houscs, as circumstances may require, to prevent Indian depredations and to conclude friendly treaties with the Indians. Finally, should a large force be necessary, the President is authorized to raise a regiment of mounted rillemen, the number not to exceed 500 men, rank and Hie. Another act to reorganize the arm in conlormity with the regulations adopted by the Texian Government, and when such regulations are silent, in conformity with the regulations of the United States of America. All contingent military commissions heretofore granted to gentlemen, now in the United States, for the purpose of bringing men into the Texian service, shall be confirmed in proportion to the respective number they may introduce by the tenth day of January next, cither for the term of two years, or during the war; to wit, for a second Lieutenant, 20 men; for a first Lieutenant, 30 men: for a Captain, 50 men, for a Major, 280 men; for a Lieutenant Colonel, 400 men, for a Colonel, 500 men, and for a Drigadicr General, 1120 men. JOINT KESOLUTION. Explaining; the different .lets in relation to the Service of volunteers, and extending the Act 3 in relation to Bounty ImiuIs. Section 1. Pe it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress assembled. That the pay of volunteers from the United States and elsewhere, shall commence from the time of their embodying and leaving home, provided j

pnor to their being mustered into service of Republic, at winch time their time ol the scrvice Wl11 commence. Section 2. That the provisions of the , ordinance granting the lands to volunteers I rOm the Uniletl States and elsewhere, be so construed as to extend to all who have entered service as volunteers in the army of the republic. Section 3. All volunteers who have entered the service since the first day of July last, shall be entitled to the same pay and bounties of land as those who entered the service prior to that time. The bill, or joint resolutions for issuing scrip for the purpose of being sold, to the amount of 500,000 acres, to Thomas Toby, of New-Orleans, passed both Houses of Congress. As the right of selection of lands granted to the army in prefferenee to any other individual, is calculated to interlere wilh i the operations of the Government Land . Olhce, and as no opportunity nas j ei , been offered the volunteers to make their selection, because tbey arc still in the field , locations on the Government lanus cannot be obtained. On the other hand, all the sales of lands made at New York or elsewhere, bv cmnresarios, (or their aoUsI that have not complied wilh the conditions of the original grants, have been annulled. Many persons from the North who went to Texas to obtain the location of lands bought of various companies at New-York, have returned to New Orleans in the last vessels sadly disappointed, the Texian Government having decidedly refused to put them in possession of such lands. Lands in fee simple sell very high. Great complaints had been received at the seat of government of Texas from various persons in the U States against that part of the constituton which prohibits aliens from holding lands in that country, in virtue of private sales. It is asked, why should Government have the exclusive privilege of selling lands to aliens? It was expected that Congress would at their next session, reconsider this clause of the constitution. The Expanse Hesolation. The following resolution was passed by the Senate of the United on the 28th day of .March, 1831: Hesolved, That the President, in the late Executive Proceedings in relation to the Public Revenue, lias assumed npon himself Authority and Power not conferred by the Constitution and Laws, but in derogation of both. Originally passed. Yeas 20. Nays 20. The Senators who voted for this resolution were UH1B, PORTER, ULACK, PRENTISS, CALHOUN, PRESTON, CLAY, ROIU5INS, CLAYTON, SILSBEE, EWING, SMITH, I ' R E LINGIIUYSEN, SOUTH A RD, KENT, SPRAGUE, SWIFT, TOMLI.NSON, TYLER, WAGGAMAN, KNIGHT, LEIGH, MAN GUM, NAUDAIN, PO IN DEXTER, WEI3STER.-20 Those who voted for "expunging" tl above resolution are inclosed within the following black lines: LIST OF THE BLACK KNIGHTS. JOHN RUCGLES, Maine, JUDAH DANA. do. HENRY HUBBARD, N". Hampshire JUIIN CAGE, do. JOHN M. NILES, Connecticut. SILAS WRIGHT, New York, N, P. TALLMADGE, do. GARRET 1). WALL, New Jersey. JAMES BUCHANAN, Pennsylvania. WILLIAM C RIVES, Virginia, BEDFORD BROWN, N. Carolina, ROBERT STRANGE, do. THOMAS MOKR1S, Ohio, FELIX GRUNDY. Tennessee. ROB'T. C. NICHOLAS, Louisiana. JOHN TIPTON, Indiana. ROBERT J. WALKER. .Mississippi. JOHN M. ROBINSON, Illinois. WM. L. I). EWING, do. WILLIAM R. KING, Alabama. THOMAS II. BENTON, Missouri. LEWIS 1. LINN, do. AMBROSE II. SEVIER, Arkansas ROBERT FULTON, do. With those who so gallantly and ably, though in vain, resisted this assault, as with those who voted for the resolution, made only more memorable by the outrage it has been sul Med to, we are proud and happy to identify ourselves; and in token thereof, we insert at the head of this paper to-day, and shall keep standing, while the degraded Senate remains in session, the righteous, just and true resolution of censure of Executive usurpation, and the thrice honored names of those who voted for it. Let those names be compared with the list of the serviles, which follows it, under the appropriate name given them by Mr. Clay, in reference to the mode of expunging; and by the relative services, capacity and character of the expungrrs andj

said time sliall not exceed 00 days

the expunged, we are content that the course of each shall be judged. Nt J. American.

Bale for Merchant, Mechanic, &.c 1. I must be industrious, neat, and orderly, in shop or store. 2. I must have order in the general arrangement of my business. 3. 1 must study economy in all my ex penses. 4. 1 must pledge my purse, my time, and mv influence for the preservation of order, intelligence, morality and religion in the community. 5. I must identify myself with all the interests of the community. 0. I musj be temperate in all tilingsgovern my passions and regulate all my appetites. i. I must be scrupulously honest, and beware of the maxim eo common, "No Principle in trade." 8. I must keep a Debt and Credit account of all my rnonied transactions, never depending on my memory for the correctness of a single pecuniary matter. 9. I must not feci above my business. 10. I must be true and punctual in all my engagements. 11. I must always begin the day wilh God, and worship God twice a day in my family, whatever be the pressure of my business. 12. I must be polite and obliging Uy my customers. 13. I must not urge upon children and the poor such quantities or species of goods and wares as are unsuitable to- their judgement and condition in life.. I I. I must not encourage lounging about my shop or store. 15. I must not indulge in habits of rain and foolish conversation with my associates. 10- I must not permit rude conduct, nor profane or licentious conversation ii my shop or store. 17, I must not permit my shop or loro to become the repository or dispensary of new, rumerrs, Lc. 1, I must feel the necessity of constantly imyroving in knowledge and piety. 1 1). I must feel responsible for the morality and improvement of my clerks anil apprentices. 20. I must be the master of my own household, and with a watchful eye guard 11 its interests. 2 1. I must be perfectly consolentiou in all things always doing that which is in itself right, whatever sacrifice it may cost me, 22. I must never do a seemingly stria! evil to accomplish a seemingly small good, 23. I must not forget that my faults will often be laid to my master's charge. 21. I must not differ with my Christian fiiends in an angry manner. 25. I must not talk about the failings of others, especially of Christian friends, in their absence. 20. I must live so that all around me may safely follow my example. 27, I must live so as to reprove all aire in all inert. 28, I must, if I am a clerk, apprentice, or journeyman, be faithful to the regulations and interests of my employer, (soiar as they are just ana honorable,) both in his presence and absence. .7 Sure Sign of ll'ar. "We're sure to have war very soon now," said a dvcent looking woman to a neighbor the other day; we're sure to have war, and that plenty o't, for I never sae sae mony births o' threes and four as hae been in the newapapers this while, an' I aye noticed that births o' this kind aye come afore war," The Tardesmen's P.ank of N'etv York has declared a dividend of 7 per cent, for the last 0 months; and the Bank of America a dividend of 5 per cent. Almost all of the members of the PkrtAi'artk family (says the Presse) are preparing to leave Europe, and remote to the United Stales of America, in emisrmienm of the advicejof certain Sovereigns win. ) have constantly given them marks of their Food will and of the rrrenter mri r,f fricmla iu France. AV. Int. "Won and reform." Oar's is really magnificent Government. W n r it have",o Ministers Plenipotentiary residing in Spain! Mr. Van Nr.ss is at Madrid and Maj. Eaton at Cadiz, both drawing pay at the rate of $9,000 a vear This we suppose, is carrvinrr out thp nrineiplcs of "relrenrhmenC which lirntxtht Gen. Jackson into power. Albany Journal. 4 9 Jll.U-J C. A I.FORD (WlliiA 1 hi!l irfi rlectrrt a Kcprescntativo in tho Congress from the State of Georgia, in place ol Mr. I owns, resigned. Dancing. "I am an oM Ml " Cowper in one of his letters to Ilurdis, "but I once had mv tlanrinr .Invo ' have now, yet I never could find that I coutu jeam half so much of a w jman'a character by dancii.- with hr i... versing with her at home, when I could ooscrvc her behaviour at the table, at tho fireside and in all the trv -(5 .inKiHces of domestic life. We are all t,w.,i when we are pleased, but she is the good woman who wants nut the fiddle to tv cct n ncr.